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Deluxe Charts: KEY

The Deluxe Charts - for Ages 0-5 and Ages 5-18 - contain a great deal of information about each resource provider. The content of each column is described here:

NAME

The name of each resource provider is linked to the company website.

CCS

The abbreviations indicate each provider’s position on the
Common Core Standards (CCS), Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and/or
College, Career, and Civic Life Framework (C3). We have been asked to make
special note of providers that are independent of the CCS/NGSS/C3; we have
done so by highlighting
in yellow. And, if the label appears in red, we have added an extra explanatory note, available via the Common Core Project Master Listsor the Chart Notes,
below. Definitions for each abbreviation can be found on the Common Core
Project Master Lists main page.

AGE

We indicate the estimated age range for which the
providers say their materials are generally appropriate. We do not use “grade level”designations because such
labeling is an artificial construct that is irrelevant in home-based
learning. If a resource is primarily intended for boys (B) or girls (G), we
include an additional notation.

STYLE/APPROACH

We
list the style(s)/approach(es) a provider uses, which we developed in part by
referring to a Homeschool Philosophies Quiz developed by the author of
Eclectic Homeschooling. Most labels – Charlotte Mason/Living Books,
Classical, Delight-Directed/Guided Unschooling, Montessori/Reggio/Waldorf,
Principle Approach, Project-Based Learning, Unit Studies – are
self-explanatory for those familiar with the styles and/or are defined as
part of the quiz, but a few require additional explanation:

Roadschooling – learning by travel – is not
listed on the style quiz.
However, we felt it was important to include this category, which might be
used for Delight-Directed/Guided Unschooling, Project-Based Learning, and/or
as "just" an idea bank for possible "field trips."

Tutorial is likewise not listed on the quiz. However, in our
research we came to feel it was worth distinguishing this category from the Traditional/School-Style
approach, with which it has some similarities. Thus, for our purposes, Tutorial
resources refer to material that has either been purposely designed for individual,
one-on-one/mentoring-style instruction and/or (in regards to online products)
employs the use of artificial intelligence/adaptive technology to customize for
each individual learner as s/he proceeds through lessons.

And, though Traditional/School-Style is similar in
some ways to the Tutorial category, we came to feel that the two
approaches are different enough to warrant making a distinction. Thus, for our
purposes, Traditional/School-Style refers to material that – though
available to home educators – was initially designed for group
instruction within institutional schools (whether public or private), relies
heavily on school-style constructs (i.e., textbooks, workbooks, tests/quizzes,
distinguishing by "grade level"), and/or (as with online instruction)
employs a group study/lecture-style approach.

WORLDVIEW

"A
worldviewis a theory of the world, used
for living in the world. A worldview is a mental model of reality — a
framework of ideas [and] attitudes about the world, ourselves, and life, a
comprehensive system of beliefs — with answers for a wide range of questions."
And every person comes at life from a particular worldview perspective. Of
course, we often hold at least parts of our worldview subconsciously, but
that view nevertheless affects everything we say and do in one way or
another. Thus, each publisher of resources created for home-educating parents
employs a particular worldview perspective that is inevitably reflected in
one way or another in its materials.

We
have found material from many perspectives:

·Buddhist

·Christian

◦Catholic

◦Messianic

◦Orthodox

◦Protestant

▪Amish/Mennonite (Amish/Menno)

▪Assemblies of God (AoG)

▪Baptist

▪Charismatic/Pentecostal
(Charis/Pente)

▪Evangelical/Reformed
(Evan/Reform)

▪Lutheran

▪Methodist

▪Seventh-Day Adventist

◦General

·Freemasonry

·Jehovah’s Witness

·Jewish

·Latter Day Saint

·Muslim

·New Age

·Non-Sectarian

·Pagan

·Quaker

·Scientologist

·Secular

·Unitarian Universalist

When
we can't determine the particular denominational view of a Christian
resource, we list it as Christian: General.

When
we refer to a resource as Secular, we mean it promotesAgnosticism, Atheism, and/or Secular Humanism, orthat it is marketedfor use in the public/government schools (even though
homeschoolers also have access to it).

In contrast, we use the term Non-Sectarian to refer to homeschool-specific material that
doesn't obviously promote any other perspective – i.e., it is as
"neutral" as possible where worldview is concerned – and, thus,
might be comfortably used by people who embrace a variety of the other
perspectives.

ORIGINS

This
column indicates which perspective on the origin of the universe (and
evolution) – Young-Earth, Old-Earth, or Neutral – the resource
espouses, according to clear information provided on a company’s website.
Though mainly relevant to history and science, we have also included the
listings for other content areas for which we felt it might be relevant. If a
space is blank, we do not have a clear indication of the provider’s position.

Generally speaking, Old-Earth
resources teach that the universe is billions of years old and that macro-evolution provides a logical
explanation for the formation and development of life on Earth.

In contrast, Young-Earth resources teach that the universe is six
to ten thousand years old and that macro-evolution does not provide a logical
explanation for the formation and development of life on Earth. Neutral
resources do not take a position on the age of the universe or
macro-evolution. Rather than delve into “pre-history” or theoretical science,
these providers have chosen to focus their materials on recorded history
and/or applied, observational science.

ONLINE?

An X indicates that a company
incorporates online delivery of some sort for at least some – if not all – of
its content. This might include actual online instruction (i.e., online
classes) and/or other significant online resources (i.e., website links) that
must be useddirectlyonline. This notation does not
include reference to eBooks, PDFs, etc. (material that can be downloaded,
printed out, and used offline).

APPS?

An X indicates that a company has
developed apps of some sort.

FREE?

While it must be
acknowledged that one cannot expect to home-educate one's children without
incurring some financial costs – in other words, homeschooling is not really
free– an X
here indicates that a provider offers some
or all of its material for free.

OTHER?

AnX indicates that we have gathered additional, relevant
information about the resource, which we detail via the Chart Notes, below. For convenience, the Chart Notes also include – if its CCS label appears in red –
notes about providers’ position on the CCS/NGSS/C3.

CHART NOTES

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